2024
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Visual Arts Week 1 : June 3 - 7
Unplug with Mud 1
Time: 9:00am-3:00pm
Ages: 7-12
Location: 3-D Studio | Roxie Remley Center for Fine Arts | 31 East Vine St
Instructor: Erin Murphy
Supply Fee: $15
Get a Bead on it!
Time: 9:00am-12:00pm
Ages: 6 & up
Location: Olson 2-D Studio | Roxie Remley Center for Fine Arts | 31 East Vine Street
Instructor: Madelyn Shelor
Supply Fee: $10
Lego Camp
Time: 1:00pm-4:00pm
Ages: 4 - 7
Location: 3rd Floor Classroom, Averitt Center for the Arts Main Building | 33 East Main Street
Instructor: Michelle Nesmith
Supply Fee: $0
Have your Kids unplug with mud. Clay camps that will include wheel throwing, hand building and sculpture. Campers will craft everything from mythical creatures, animals and world culture artifacts to handmade cups, bowls, and plates that your family will treasure forever.
This camp is designed to introduce jewelry making and bead designing. If your child is interested in learning to make beads and jewelry crafting, then this is the camp for them! In this camp, students will work with clay, glass, wood, metal, and paper beads to create fun bracelets and necklaces and fun wearable works of art. Not only will they learn some jewelry making basics but will gain the unique experience of handcrafting and painting their own beads!
This camp is designed to introduce jewelry making and bead designing. If your child is interested in learning to make beads and jewelry crafting, then this is the camp for them! In this camp, students will work with clay, glass, wood, metal, and paper beads to create fun bracelets and necklaces and fun wearable works of art. Not only will they learn some jewelry making basics but will gain the unique experience of handcrafting and painting their own beads!
Week 2 : June 10 - 14
Clay Adventures
Instructor: Georgina Osuna-Diaz
Time: 9am - 3pm
Ages: 6-13
Location: 3-D Studio, Roxie Studios
​The ultimate clay summer camp experience! Campers will have the opportunity to work in many different applications of clay and expand their imaginations! While working with clay in hand building sculpture, slab-work, and coil work. Students will learn to work independently and collaboratively in a small class setting with plenty of individual instruction. Campers are offered plenty of themes such as (Mythical Creatures, Safari, Ocean exploration, dinosaurs and much more!) and they incorporate instruction for a variety of clay techniques and plenty of room for exploration! Campers will be working with real stoneware clay and glazes. They will decide on a project theme(s) for the session and explore these ideas through their projects. This will be a full week of fun and learning in clay! Campers will finish the week with an average of 6-10 glazed stoneware pieces. Projects will be fired and ready for pickup 2 weeks after camp.
Oil Painting 101 Session 1
Instructor: Marcy Simmons
Time: 9am - 3pm
Ages: 11-18
Location: Olson 2-D Studio, Roxie Studios
Supply Fee: $20
Learn to paint in oils like the old masters! Have you always wanted to learn oil painting but been too intimidated? Marcy breaks down the process with ease. Students will learn the basics of using this beautiful medium in a fun, stress-free environment. We will learn techniques used by the old masters as well as contemporary artists. Students will develop skills of observation, composition, design, value, and various brush techniques. Students will also learn color mixing and experiment with different styles such as impasto, glazing, scumbling, layering, and more. Your campers will be guided and encouraged to think creatively, make artistic decisions, and create a finished painting by week’s end!
Anime Camp
Instructor: Cheyenne Smith
Time: 9am- 12pm
Ages: 8 - 14
Location: Main Building,
2nd Floor classroom
Pom Poms & Paper Mache'
Instructor: Melissa Dent & Helen Redding
Time: 9am -12pm
Ages: 4-7
Location: 3rd Floor Classroom, Main Bldg
Princess Camp 1
Instructor: Melissa Dent & Helen Redding
Time: 1pm - 4pm
Ages: 4-7
Location: 3rd Floor Classroom, Main Bldg
Learn how to draw like your favorite anime! Classes will focus on different crafts and lessons centered around your favorite shows like Pokémon, Naruto, One Piece and more! Join Cheyenne for a great week learning all about the art of anime!
Come join the Fun!… Enjoy paper Mache’ & Felting, both are sure to appeal to all young Artists.. Summer camp is always great @ The Averitt, make plans to make memories & cool art pieces!
Every little “Girlie Girl” wants to be a Princess. Join the Princess Fun and spend the week enjoying activities being a Royal Princess. We start each day reading about a favorite Princess of the Day and centering our activities around that Princess. We have lots of Fun Princess Toys and activities to enjoy each day. To culminate the week, we will have a “Princess Tea Party”. Each Princess will receive a special crown and wand as a favor to take home!
Week 3 : June 17 - 21
Space Camp
Instructor: Michelle NeSmith
Time: 9am - 3pm
Ages: 4 - 7
Location: Main Building, 3rd Floor mp room
Astronauts, Rockets, Planets……. Everything outer space! We will have a far- out time building rockets, learning about the planets and talking about astronauts. Also, we will make foil printed moons, watercolor planets and make some cool galaxy dough. Come explore the galaxy in this fun camp!
Summer Clay Camp: Handbuilding & Wheel Throwing
Instructor: John Skelton
Time: 9am - 3pm
Ages: 7 +
Location: 3-D studio, Roxie Remley Studios
Supply Fee: $15
​In this one-week pottery camp, kids will create functional pottery and small sculptural work in clay using hand-building and wheel-throwing techniques. They will also learn and apply surface decoration using a selection of glazes to finish their pottery. Creations will be ready for pick up 2 weeks after camp.
Gaming & Art: Turning Video Games into Crafts
Instructor: Cheyenne Smith
Time: 9am - 12pm
Ages: 6-12
Location: Olson 2-D Studio, Roxie Studios
​Taking the world of video gaming and turning them into art projects! Each day will have a different theme based around games like Mario, Minecraft and more! We will have a blast making art all based on video games!
Week 4 : June 24 - 28
Wacky Art 1
Instructor: Erin Murphy
Time: 9pm - 3pm
Ages: 7 - 12
Location: Youth Gallery, Main Bldg
Let’s try it all! Discover some of the wackiest ways to create art. From shaving cream prints, clay and paper mâché. Paint, print and use your hands to explore all the mediums in art. Each day explore art and end the week with some amazing works of art.
Oil Painting 101 Session 2
Instructor: Marcy Simmons
Time: 9am - 3pm
Ages: 11 - 18
Location: 2nd floor classroom, Main Bldg
Supply Fee: $20
Learn to paint in oils like the old masters!
Have you always wanted to learn oil painting but been too intimidated? Marcy breaks down the process with ease. Students will learn the basics of using this beautiful medium in a fun, stress-free environment. We will learn techniques used by the old masters as well as contemporary artists. Students will develop skills of observation, composition, design, value, and various brush techniques. Students will also learn color mixing and experiment with different styles such as impasto, glazing, scumbling, layering, and more. Your campers will be guided and encouraged to think creatively, make artistic decisions, and create a finished painting by week’s end!
Pocket Monsters GO!
Instructor: Georgina Osuna-Diaz
Time: 9am - 3pm
Ages: 9-12
Location: Olson 2-D Studio, Roxie Studios
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In this camp, campers will bring their own device to play and explore outside to catch their own pocket monster! When campers are not exploding outside, they will be playing and trading cards inside as well! Campers are encouraged to bring their binders and cards ready for a tournament! Campers must have their own electronic device, such as phone or tablet. Electronic must have mobile data. Campers also need to bring all their cards in a binder.
Tiny Tiaras
Instructor: Michelle NeSmith
Time: 9am - 12pm
Ages: 3-6
Location: Main Building, 3rd Floor mp room
Princess dreams will come true at this Magical camp! Dress as a princess each day and join us for crafts, dancing, games and much more! We will make tiaras (of course), castles, wands and more… We may even have a princess or two come and visit. Shhhh it’s a surprise!
Dinosaur Camp
Instructor: Michelle NeSmith
Time: 1pm - 4pm
Ages: 3-6
Location: Main Building, 3rd Floor mp room
Do you LOVE all things related to dinosaurs? If so, this fun-packed camp is for you! Dinosaurs will come to life during the prehistoric-themed summer camp! Come roar your way into some fun as we make dino eggs, dig for fossils and do the Dinosaur Stomp.
Week 5 : July 1-3, 5 *No camp on July 4th
Ready, Set, Throw!
Instructor: Madeline Shelor
Time: 9am - 3pm
Ages: 9+
Location: Roxie Remley 3D Studio
Supply Fee: $15 per camper
This camp will introduce your child to the basics of wheel-throwing. Campers will experience all aspects of throwing and trimming functional pottery. We will spend some time hand building in this camp also! If you want to try both wheel throwing & hand building with clay, this camp is for you! And we will play with different ways to decorate, color, and glaze our clay creations. Clay creations will be ready to pick up 2 weeks after camp.
Environment Design
Instructor: Syrin Webb Johnson
Time: 9am - 3pm
Ages: 11 - 18
Location: Roxie Remley
Olson 2D Studio
Supply Fee: $15 per camper
Why do some rooms feel cozy as soon as you walk in? Others feel sterile, unwelcoming–and sometimes you can get lost and find a place that feels just like home. This camp will teach students to create imaginative exterior and interior environments in two and three dimensions; in the process, they will be introduced to painting and sculpting fundamentals such as perspective, color theory, and spatial planning. Through unique landscape and interior designs, students will develop their ability to convey emotion through art in a relaxed, encouraging creative environment and start to understand what makes a space feel a certain way, whether it be the view from a castle’s tower window or the bedroom of their dreams. Before making sketches and color studies in preparation for two final works of art, campers will be inspired by unique architectural conventions from around the world and the fascinating role of interior spaces in some of history’s most famous works of art.
Week 6 : July 8 - 12
Safari Camp
Instructor: Michelle NeSmith
Time: 9am - 3pm
Ages: 4-7
Location: Main Building, 3rd Floor mp room
Around the World in 5 Days
Instructor: Georgina Osuna-Diaz
Time: 9am - 3pm
Ages: 6 - 13
Location: Olson 2D Studio, Roxie Studios
Supply Fee: $10 per camper
Fun with Felting
Instructor: Melissa Dent & Helen Redding
Time: 9am - 12pm
Ages: 4 - 7
Location: 2nd Floor classroom, Main Bldg
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The Safari is full of wild adventures. Campers will explore the creatures, the sights, and the sounds of the safari habitats. Join Mrs. Michelle for an amazing safari adventure!
This exciting camp will be a cultural adventure! Each day campers will visit a new country, learning about the culture, listening to music from each culture and creating cuisine from the country we visit! Campers will create artworks inspired by the art of these amazing cultures every day!
Come join the Fun!… Enjoy paper Mache’ & Felting, both are sure to appeal to all young Artists. Summer camp is always great @ the Averitt, make plans to make memories & cool art pieces!
Princess Camp 2
Instructor: Melissa Dent & Helen Redding
Time: 1pm - 4pm
Ages: 4-7
Location: 2nd Floor Classroom, Main Bldg
Every little “Girlie Girl” wants to be a Princess. Join the Princess Fun and spend the week enjoying activities being a Royal Princess. We start each day reading about a favorite Princess of the Day and centering our activities around that Princess. We have lots of Fun Princess Toys and activities to enjoy each day. To culminate the week, we will have a “Princess Tea Party”. Each Princess will receive a special crown and wand as a favor to take home!
Week 7 : July 15 - 19
Fun with Artists
Instructor: Cheyenne Smith
Time: 9am - 3pm
Ages: 7 - 12
Location: Main Building, 2nd Floor mp room
Camp 9 3/4
Instructor: Georgina Osuna-Diaz
Time: 9am - 3pm
Ages: 6 - 13
Location: Roxie Studio, Olson 2D Studio
Supply Fee: $15 per camper
Monster Trucks & Race Cars
Instructor: Michelle Nesmith
Time: 9am - 12pm
Ages: 3-6
Location: 3rd Floor Classroom, Main Bldg
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Unplug with Mud 2
Time: 9 am - 12 pm
Ages: 7-12
Location: 3-D Studio | Roxie Remley
Instructor: Erin Murphy
Supply Fee: $10
Wacky Art 2
Time: 1 pm - 4 pm
Ages: 7-12
Location: 3-D Studio | Roxie Remley
Instructor: Erin Murphy
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Explore the different artists of the past! Each day focuses on exploring the different styles of artists like Van Gogh, Monet and Andy Warhol! The kids in the class will get the opportunity to use different mediums from pastels to paint!
Camp 9¾ is a fun, wizarding camp full of magic. Students will be sorted into their houses, create their own wands, learn spells, and make crafts, potions, and keepsakes of the wizarding world. Come meet us at Platform 9¾ and catch the train to creativity! School robes are optional and may be worn if you desire.
Ready, Set, Go for fun in the fast lane with monster trucks and race cars. You’ll never know what’s going to be around the next curve in this camp. If you love monster trucks and race cars, join us for this fun camp!!
Have your Kids unplug with mud. Clay camps that will include wheel throwing, hand building and sculpture. Campers will craft everything from mythical creatures, animals and world culture artifacts to handmade cups, bowls, and plates that your family will treasure forever.
Let’s try it all! Discover some of the wackiest ways to create art. From shaving cream prints, clay and paper mâché. Paint, print and use your hands to explore all the mediums in art. Each day explore art and end the week with some amazing works of art.
Week 8 : July 22 - 26
Gotta Catch Them All!
Instructor: Madelyn Shelor
Time: 9am - 3pm
Ages: 6+
Location: Olson 2-D Studio, Roxie Studios
Supply Fee: $15
Inspired by a popular animated TV series, this camp, we will explore all things pocket monster related and design our very own! Campers will get to work with clay, modeling clay, magnets, paint, shrinky dinks, and other materials to create their own monster balls, cards, and unique creatures, while we prepare to become monster trainers! This camp will be a whirlwind of fun, creating, exploring, and investigating all things pocket monster!
Summer Clay Camp: Handbuilding & Wheel Throwing
Instructor: John Skelton
Time: 9am - 3pm
Ages: 7+
Location: 3-D Studio, Roxie Studios
Supply Fee: $15
In this one-week pottery camp, kids will create functional pottery and small sculptural work in clay using hand-building and wheel-throwing techniques. They will also learn and apply surface decoration using a selection of glazes to finish their pottery.
Travel through Time Art Camp
Instructor: Vanessa North
Time: 9am - 12pm
Ages: 10-12
Location: 3rd floor classroom, Main Bldg
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Step into our time travel machine each day of Art Camp. We will arrive at a new place in art history and create works inspired by various artists. Each day will focus on a new artist. From Calder to Mondrian, O'Keefe to Nevelson, campers will explore new artistic styles and mediums. We will create both two- and three-dimensional works using both traditional and unconventional art materials.